ACT Past Papers with Answers

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

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Source question 6. ACT-568-SAMPLE 2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 1 First, the turf should go. There should be nothing artificial about baseball, least of all the grass. The odd green shade of artificial turf is a poor counterfeit of grass green. When my sons and I visit the ballpark 7 we are essential on a picnic. Why gather around a 8 carpet, in which we can do just as well at home, to 9 enjoy our hot dogs, peanuts, and sodas? I 10 口 Second, the dome should go. While it's true 11 that the dome blocks out rain, it also blocks out the sun and sky. Baseball is a pastoral sport, where playe_rs lope across the field, where a strong.player can smack a ball seemingly to the sky. Under a dome, the game is hermetically sealed, the players'skins look sickly, and the hit ball is in danger of banging a rafter. Finally, 12 I want my sons to be closer to �he game. I don't want us to be forced to the edge, of a bowled stadium, like 13 the remnants of unwanted cereal. I want us to hear the ball slapping the catcher's mitt, and the shortstop yelling "I got it!" when the ball is popped up in the infield. Let us study an outfielders face, without the 14

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

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Which of the following sentences, if added here, would best reflect the point made in this paragraph?

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Source question 14. ACT-56B--sAMPLE 3 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 eoVIACT 拉 惶 学 陕 微信号 loviact 独角兽在这里 1 aid of binoculars. When he's sprinting toward the 15 infield to catch a shortfly ball. Baseball is a game as much about atmosphere as athletics. Architects·need to remember stadiums are playgrounds, not office buildings. If architects play fair, they will remember that, and my grandchildren will be thankful when they take their seats in the bleachers.

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

Source question 15. PASSAGE 11 Bombay Parcel Post [1] Recently, while visiting a friend in the bustling city of Bombay, India, I discovered that mailing a package could be a very complicated, and instructive, process. I had bought some souvenirs there that I wanted to send home. My kiend, a young man who ｀｀ had lived in Bombay his entire life � a few years 16 spent studying in the United States, if he were to walk 17 with me to the post office. [2] . Merchants of all types were selling piles of cut sugarcane, colorfully dyed cloth, metal kitchen utensils, as well as many items I could not identify. By pulling carts, oxen were amidst the automobile 18 traffic. Men on bicycle rickshawsjingled bells to attract business and warn other drivers of their presence. People crowded the narrow streets, conversing, carrying on business, or just sitting and

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

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Source question 18. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 4 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 1 watching the passing scene．巨］ [3] [1] We stopped outside the front gate of the large governmentalpost office of some size, and 20 my friend showed me what to do. [2] We walked up to a line of workers, who were waiting patiently along a fence. [3) � a piece of cotton 21 cloth from a large bolt of the material. [4) She wrapped the package in it—a perfect fit! [5) I handed my package which I wanted to mail, to the first 22 person in line. 巳 －－ 4 －－ ＼ The man next toher took r.nY package and carefully sewed the edges of the cloth with thick, black thread. 曰My package was then passed to the next

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

Which of the following sentences, if added at the beginning of Paragraph 2, would most effectively introduce the newsubject of the paragraph? act1v1ty. parts of the world. pull carts. the streets.

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

Source question 20.

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Which of the choices would NOT be acceptable here?

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For the sake ofthe unity and coherence of Paragraph3, Sentence 5 should be placed: personin line, whowith equalcare, he sealed its edges 25 with small circles of melted red wax, which quickly hardened in place. When the bundle was prepared, I took it inside to the mail counter, where it was weighed, stamped,

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

The writer wants to add a sentence here that would fur­ ther exemplify the worker's care and attention to his task. Given all are true, which of the following would most effectively accomplish this?

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Source question 25. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 5 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 1 and sent on its way．巨］ [5] The cost of this entire process was very reasonable, and it took over an hour. During that time, as I talked to 27 the workers—with my friend's help—in Hindi. One man 28 returned my interest, and said, to me, "We will teach you 29 how to do this if you wish. I am sure that with a little practice you could learn.，，曰I gratefully declined.

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In order to emphasize the pride the workers took in wrapping the narrator's package, the writer intends to add to the preceding sentence the following phrase: to their satisfaction The phrase would most effectively serve the above­ stated purpose if added after the:

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Which of the following sentences, if added at this point, would most directly convey to the reader the impression that the post office workers do not actually think the narrator could learn how to prepare packages for the mail? thought about giving it a try. them at their word. PASSAGE Ill So You Want to Be in Show Business [l] The actors who perform in television commercials are some of the most fortunate people in show business. But their faces aren't as well known as are most movie 31 actors'. Television commercials are big business. The 31 average two-minute national commercial has a shooting budget greater than budgets for some movies. A performer could live for a year on the wages earned from a single commercial.

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

Which of the choices, all true, would best support the claim made in the preceding sentence while remaining consistent with the focus of Paragraph 1? mercials to film. mercials workjust as hard at their craft as do most movie actors. paid more than most movie actors. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 6 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. . 1 1 [2] As a result, the competition for roles in commercials have been fierce. A casting company 32 will typically audition hundreds of people for one or two r:oles. Each role requires a certain physical type. So, while auditioning, performers tend to 33 possess the same general physical characteristics. 33 [3] Although casting decisions are usually based on a performer's appearance, auditions are tension-filled and abrupt. Large groups of business types or athletic types or beach types assemble in a studio's lobby. After a seemingly endless wait, each performer takes a turn in front of the camera. Meanwhile, the performer smiles, 34 states his or her name, and then leaves the room. The entire screen test lasts ab�ut forty-five seconds! `［4] Performers in Hollywood and New York compare commercial auditions to a day at the beach. 3S The average performer is casting in only a tiny 36 proportion of the commercials auditioning for. 37 Although performers are picked for one commercial 38 a year, they're considered lucky.

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Source question 32.

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Source question 33. the performers tend to audition. the samegeneralphysical characteristics. _ th� sa1?e general physi�al _ characferistics te!1d to be in the possession of the performers who audition.

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Source question 34.

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Which of the choices most appropriately characterizes the nature of getting cast for a part as it is described in Paragraph 4?

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Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

Source question 38. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 7 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 Gv1AcT 打2 忖g #: 阳皂 微信号 loviact 独角兽在这里 1 [5] The frustrations of being a commercial actor are enormous. For the patient, persistent, and lucky performer, though, the financial rewards more than 39 compensate for the many disappointments. Performers are paid, roughly: $600 per day of shooting. However, 切 the real money again comes in the form of "residuals": 41 performers are paid each time their commercial airs on television. More than $50,000 could be earned by a 42 commercial if a performer runs for a year. Not bad 42 for two days'work! 巨］

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

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Source question 42. could earn morethan $50,000. could earn mote than $50,000. performer runs for a year.

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Which of the following statements, if added here, would best reinforce for the reader the main point made in Paragraph 5? perseverance can lead to impressive compensation. actors get to appcar in commercials. commercials are meager in comparison to the efforts of.those who perform in the commercials. sums of moneyfor working only two days. Questions 44 and 45 ask about the preceding passage as a whole.

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

The writer is considering adding the following sen- tence to the essay: The resulting videotape is later sent to the product sponsor; it's the company that makes the final casting decision. If added, this sentence would most logically be placed after the last sentence of Paragraph:

Paper 86 · ACT January 2001 · Form 56B · English Test

Suppose that the writer has been asked to write a brief essay illustrating some of the advantages and disad­ vantages of being an actor in television commercials. Does this essay successfully fulfill the assignment? tions and the slim chances of getting work, but it also mentions the rewards that can go to patient and lucky actors. traini.ng actors must undergo to audition for com­ mercials, but it also explains that they get paid very wellfor their work. since they can work two days and earn $50,000 a year. actors that audition for parts, and on how frus­ trating those auditions are. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 8 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 Gv1ACT 拉 傩 学 院 微信号loviact 独角兽在这里 1 PASSAGE IV Leading the Cherokee According to Wilma P. Mankiller, whose job was 46 like running a large company. In 1993, she had a $78 million budget and 1,200 employees, and she answered to 140,000 people. What will she do next? She was the 47 elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma and the first woman in recorded history to lead a major North American Indian tribe. In 1945, in Oklahoma, Mankiller (the-name stems 48 from a Cherokee military title) was born. She spent 48 her teen years and her early adulthood in San Francisco. In 1969, just outside the city, American Indian demonstrators occupied Alcatraz Island to protest the government's treatment of American Indians. The protesters didn't like the way the government was 49 • treating American Indians. Listening to the activists, 49 Mankiller realized that they·were giving voice to feelings that she herself had. Mankiller began raising funds for the Alcatrazprotestors and taking college courses in sociology. Several years later, she returned to Oklahoma wi,th her two small daughters, determined to change her people's lives. 巨] She led projects to build houses and to bring running water to isolated towns. She 51

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Source question 48. stems from a Cherokee military title, was born. tary title) was born in 1945 in Oklahoma. title, and in 1945 in Oklahoma, she was born.

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Source question 49. American Indians fairly. ment treated American Indians.

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Given that all are true, which of the following sen­ tences, if addedhere, would most effectively introduce the new topic of this paragraph? the rural, impoverished, fourteen-county region that makes up the Cherokee Nation. by working hard for many years in order to help her people. located in northeastern Oklahoma.

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Source question 51. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 9 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 eOVIACT 拉 惟 字 院 微信号loviact 独角兽在这里 1 seeked start-up funding for the Cherokee 52

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Source question 52. ) ; Her success with economic development led to her S4 election, in 1983, as deputy chief. Four years later, S4 Mankiller was elected principal chief. Still '， emphasizing self-help as a route in order to get more 55 self-esteem, her and her colleagues created a 56 Department of Commerce to coordinate future business development with the needs of existing enterprises. Mankiller also established programs that ｀ encourage students to re\d and write Cherokee and 57 to pass that knowledge to others. The 1987 election was marred by controversy over whether a woman could hack it, and Mankiller's margin S8 of victory was slim. 巨］However, in the 1991 election, in a tribute to her leadership skills and hard work, Mankiller won by a landslide.

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Source question 53. Gardens being a commercial gardening operation. 53 1 eOVIACT 拉 馆 学 院 微信号 loviact 独角兽在这里 1 Question 60 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

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Source question 54. her success was with economic development. from her economic success. with economic development was recognized.

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The writer is considering adding the following sen- tence: Although the women's rights movement had helped many women in America gain upper­ management positions in many companies, prejudices still existed. Would this sentence be a relevant addition at this point in the essay, and why? of victory was so slim. the beginning of the essay between Mankiller's job and running a large company. from the focus of this paragraph. women's rights movement helped professional women. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 10 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.

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Suppose the writer had chosen to write a brief essay about the role of women in an American Indian tribe. Would this essay successfully fulfill the writer's goal? female American Indian leader and does not address the role of Cherokee women in general. American Indian tribes are led by men. had a difficult time getting elected at first because she was a woman. representative of many Cherokee women. PASSAGE V Living with Extremes Whenever I tell friends about the ten years I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, I find myself focusing not 重 · on the desolate wilderness,beauty nor on the frigid 、 arctic temperatures. But on the drastic differences in 61 daylight hours of summer and'winter. On the shortest December days in Fairbanks, a pale sun lifts slightly above the southern horizon for iess than five dusky hours. For weeks in the summer, conversely, residents 62 of Fairbanks b�sk in what seems like eternal sunshine, with the sun barely dipping below the northern horizon near midnight. Both the extremes of darkness and light and the constantly shifting day length effects people in subtle 63 and curious ways.

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Source question 63. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 11 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 eOVIACT 拉 馆 学 院 微信号 loviact 独角兽在这里 1 巴Everything has seemed possible; 65 one want to work or play all night. Some desperate 66 parents line their childrens bedroom window's with 67 aluminum foil to convince them that itis dark outside, and not inside, and time to go to bed. Other 68 parents give up the clock altogether and take their children to � play&rounds in the middle of 69 \ the night in June and July. On the other hand, summer days never 70 seem to end, winter days never seem to begin. As the sun CQmes up later and later each winter morning, many people's initiation lowers. 71 However, it just doesn't seem fair that the day's 72 duties should begin at eight or nine o'clock when the sun won't rise until ten or eleven. Depression often sets in and survival seem doubtful as people 73 go to work and come home in complete darkness. Many people find themselves wanting to do less and

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Which of the following would best introduce the infor­ mation in this paragraph? days all the time. winter.

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Source question 68. J• outside

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. Which of the choices would be most consistent with the essay and best suggest the reason for going to play­ grounds in the middle of the night?

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Source question 73. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 12 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 eOVIACT 拉 馆 学 院 微信号 loviact 独角兽在这里 1 less each day一wanting, rather, to sleep through the winter like the hibernating bears. Now having lived in central Michigan where 74 winter days are still considerably shorter than summer days, but the rate of change is much slower and the difference is less extreme. As the hours of sunlight decrease in December, many people comment on · how dark it is by 5:00 P.M. These comments make me realize perceptions are relative: I think Michigan 75 winter days are rather long.

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Source question 75. END OF TEST 1 STOP! DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. ACT-56B-SAMPLE 13